The augen gneisses of the Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily): Granitoid magma production during rapid evolution of the northern Gondwana margin at the end of the Precambrian

Fiannacca, Patrizia; Williams, Ian; Cirrincione, Rosolino; Pezzino, Antonino

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The augen gneisses of the Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily): Granitoid magma production during rapid evolution of the northern Gondwana margin at the end of the Precambrian

Date

2013

Authors

Fiannacca, Patrizia

Williams, Ian

Cirrincione, Rosolino

Pezzino, Antonino

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The medium- to high-grade polymetamorphic basement rocks of the Peloritani Mountains, northern Sicily, include large volumes of augen gneiss of controversial age and origin. By means of a geochemical and SHRIMP zircon study of representative samples, the